Acute coronary syndromes in black Americans: Is treatment different? Should it be?

Current Cardiology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-254

  Clark, Luther T ^a   Lingegowda, Umesh ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944442461     PISSN: 15233782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11886-005-0045-z     Document Type: Review

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